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Saį¹yutta NikÄya 45.18 Linked Discourses 45.18
2. VihÄravagga 2. Meditation
Paį¹hamakukkuį¹ÄrÄmasutta At the Chicken Monastery (1st)
Evaį¹ me sutaį¹āSo I have heard.
ekaį¹ samayaį¹ ÄyasmÄ ca Änando ÄyasmÄ ca bhaddo pÄį¹aliputte viharanti kukkuį¹ÄrÄme. At one time the venerables Änanda and Bhadda were staying near PÄį¹aliputta, in the Chicken Monastery.
Atha kho ÄyasmÄ bhaddo sÄyanhasamayaį¹ paį¹isallÄnÄ vuį¹į¹hito yenÄyasmÄ Änando tenupasaį¹
kami; upasaį¹
kamitvÄ ÄyasmatÄ Änandena saddhiį¹ sammodi. Then in the late afternoon, Venerable Bhadda came out of retreat, went to Venerable Änanda, and exchanged greetings with him.
SammodanÄ«yaį¹ kathaį¹ sÄraį¹Ä«yaį¹ vÄ«tisÄretvÄ ekamantaį¹ nisÄ«di. Ekamantaį¹ nisinno kho ÄyasmÄ bhaddo Äyasmantaį¹ Änandaį¹ etadavoca: When the greetings and polite conversation were over, he sat down to one side and said to Änanda:
āāAbrahmacariyaį¹, abrahmacariyanāti, Ävuso Änanda, vuccati. āReverend, they speak of this thing called ānot the spiritual pathā.
Katamaį¹ nu kho, Ävuso, abrahmacariyanāti? What is not the spiritual path?ā
āSÄdhu sÄdhu, Ävuso bhadda. āGood, good, Reverend Bhadda!
Bhaddako kho te, Ävuso bhadda, ummaį¹
go, bhaddakaį¹ paį¹ibhÄnaį¹, kalyÄį¹Ä« paripucchÄ. Your approach and articulation are excellent, and itās a good question.
EvaƱhi tvaį¹, Ävuso bhadda, pucchasi: For you asked:
āabrahmacariyaį¹, abrahmacariyanti, Ävuso Änanda, vuccati. āThey speak of this thing called ānot the spiritual pathā.
Katamaį¹ nu kho, Ävuso, abrahmacariyanāāti? What is not the spiritual path?āā
āEvamÄvusoāti. āYes, reverend.ā
āAyameva kho, Ävuso, aį¹į¹haį¹
giko micchÄmaggo abrahmacariyaį¹, seyyathidaį¹āāWhat is not the spiritual path is simply the wrong eightfold path, that is:
micchÄdiį¹į¹hi ā¦peā¦ micchÄsamÄdhÄ«āti. wrong view, wrong thought, wrong speech, wrong action, wrong livelihood, wrong effort, wrong mindfulness, and wrong immersion.ā
Aį¹į¹hamaį¹.